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Launched in January 2006 in partnership with the BRE Trust and chaired by former Housing Minister Rt. Hon. Nick Raynsford MP, the NHBC Foundation was established to facilitate research and development, technology and knowledge sharing and the capture of industry best practice.

Following on from the success of its inaugural project, a web-based resource tool on Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and a research document on the same topic, the NHBC Foundation has been targeting the zero carbon and sustainability agendas. It has also been involved in a programme of positive engagements with Government, Development Agencies and other key stakeholders, focusing on the development of the new build sector, and projects underway address a range of industry issues including sound transmission, air tightness and fire safety.

Rt. Hon. Nick Raynsford MP said:

"The Foundation continues to deliver pragmatic, delivery-based research and our focus on the zero carbon and sustainability agendas has paid strong dividends with a suite of research addressing legislation such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and the Government's broader policy agenda on housing.

"We have also promoted much-need dialogue between housebuilders, regional development agencies and Government on meeting housing and infrastructure needs and developed research addressing density issues.

 "As we come to our second anniversary the Foundation's vision has positioned its work at the heart of the housing agenda and I look forward to the results of our survey on consumer and builder attitudes to zero carbon and sustainability - the largest survey of its kind to date in the UK."

To date the Foundation has published six research documents:

NF1 - "A Guide to Modern Methods of Construction"
NF2 - "Conserving Energy and Water, and Minimising Waste"
NF3 - "Climate change and innovation in house-building"
NF4 - "Risks in domestic basement construction"
NF5 - "Ground Source Heat Pumps"
NF6 - "Modern Housing"

PDF copies of these can be downloaded at http://www.nhbcfoundation.org/Projects/tabid/54/Default.aspx.